Service difficulty report · Apu · Dhav DHC8201

Difficulty date
March 5, 2003
Submitted
March 11, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N983HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8201
Aircraft serial
478
Aircraft time
9,686 hours, 10,628 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
167301101
Part serial
955134
Condition
Fouled
Location
Tail
Part time
12,778 hours, 15,093 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

After take off and selecting bleeds on, the FO and FA reported smelling an odor followed by the lavatory smoke detector sounding. Selected bleeds off, the odor went away and the smoke detector extinguished. Inspected aircraft bleed system, ran aircraft for 15 minutes with bleeds on. Ran duct temp up above 65 degrees for 15 minutes. No odor noticed or smoke detector went off. Suspect oil in bleed ducts due to previous work on APU.